Karen L. Willoughby

SAN DIEGO, Calif. – Pedro F. Aquino, Jr., is to receive a Congressional Gold Medal this Saturday, March 21, 14 years after his death in 2012 at age 89.

SICILY, Italy (BP) – “The goal is to get the Gospel out,” says Steve Brown, a missionary in Europe serving as a team leader through the International Mission Board for 22 years, the last five based in Palermo, Sicily.

PONCA CITY, Okla. – An abundance of different kinds of food draws people to Northeast Baptist Church, where about 225 people participate in Sunday morning worship.

LAS VEGAS – Damian Cirincione, executive director of the Nevada Baptist Convention since September of 2021 announced his resignation Feb. 23 in a meeting with the executive board. A letter and video were sent Feb. 27 to pastors and leaders in Nevada.

JAMAICA, Queens, N.Y. – Jabez Chakraborty, 22, was arraigned from his hospital bed last Friday (Feb. 13) where he is still recovering from being shot four times in his home Jan. 26 by New York City Police Officer Tyree White. (See original Baptist Press article here.)

QUEENS, N.Y. – Today, pastor’s son Jabez Chakraborty is recovering in a New York City hospital after being shot in his home Jan. 26 by a New York City police officer.

GREEN BAY, Wis. – The Green Bay Packers didn’t make it to the Super Bowl, but that doesn’t deter Highland Crest Baptist Church.

GLENDIVE, Mont. – When a pastor is called to a new place of ministry, he takes his family with him. That might not affect the toddlers in the family, but what about teenagers? What about the pastor’s wife?

GLENDIVE, Montana – This time, the emphasis on starting a church in Glendive is on raising up locals from the community.

EAST CARBON, Utah – Jennifer Carter was still homeschooling the three youngest of her five children when in 2020 COVID swarmed through her community of about 1,500 people.